by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 24, 2015 | News
Tesco is starting a scheme which could hand tens of thousands of tonnes of surplus food from its stores to local charities as supermarkets come under rising pressure to reduce waste. The UK’s biggest supermarket admits that it wasted 55,400 tonnes of food from its...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 12, 2015 | News
The School of Artisan Food, where ICSA president Stella West-Harling attended what she described as ‘the most entertaining, thought-provoking and informative foodie weekend.’ The guest list assembled by the School’s founder and chair of trustees...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 4, 2015 | Food Trends
According to trend gurus Baum and Whiteman, the very latest king of foods crowned in the US is the humble pot of hummus. Once a niche product, eaten primarily by Arab and Israeli immigrants and a champion of veggies, hummus is now an everyday item for many...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 3, 2015 | News
This month ICSA focused on Jamie’s food education campaign and National Vegetarian week, which saw some great recipes from veg soc with their sharing platters and veggie feasts. We were delighted to welcome the fabulous Demuths Vegetarian Cookery School as our...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jun 2, 2015 | Campaigns, Food Trends, News
Just in case you missed this on May 15th when Jamie Oliver launched a new food education campaign covered comprehensively by The Caterer, and you can even enjoy Ed Sherrin, Jamie and others rapping the Food Revolution song on YouTube. There may be an opportunity for...
by louise-sims-bloom | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
COOKERY SCHOOL AT LITTLE PORTLAND STREET • Afternoon Tea class – Sat 30th May http://www.cookeryschool.co.uk/product/high-tea-class-1/ • Jewish Cooking – Thursday 4th June http://www.cookeryschool.co.uk/product/jewish-cooking-class/ • Bread – Friday...
by louise-sims-bloom | Apr 29, 2015 | News
The new regulation could mean increased fines for data breaches and involve costly upgrades of IT systems. The new Data Protection Regulation will affect all businesses that process data. In order to implement the new requirements, once they have been finalised,...
by louise-sims-bloom | Apr 29, 2015 | News
http://www.moba.co.uk/ MOBA, 53 Goodge Street, London Stella says ‘I spotted these guys on their first day of opening at the end of March near Soho Square in London. Loved the food, loved their style and so did many of the passers-by who crowded in to try...
by louise-sims-bloom | Apr 29, 2015 | News
www.thefoodpeople.co.uk. This site is hot stuff! Traveling the world seeking out new trends and food fashion, they have their finger on the foodie pulse – and if you sign up to their newsletter you will get a free fascinating Future Trends Info graphic which we...
by louise-sims-bloom | Apr 29, 2015 | News
ICSA would like to celebrate vegetarian cooking and National Vegetarian Week (18th -24th May) is the perfect opportunity to shout about it. If you run vegetarian courses, why not use this opportunity to spread the word and market your courses to your local press for...
by louise-sims-bloom | Mar 31, 2015 | News
We thought we’d seen every sausage known to man at our local Farmer’s Markets but word on the street is that the new trend in London is …hot dog stands! We are not talking mystery meat with soggy onions though. A new breed of the super-duper gourmet...
by louise-sims-bloom | Mar 26, 2015 | News
NEW GUIDELINES FROM FSA The requirement to provide allergenic ingredients information do not apply for cookery schools. Cookery schools where students are learning how to bake bread for example and are eating the bread they have prepared themselves do not need to...
by louise-sims-bloom | Mar 26, 2015 | News
FOOD BLOGGERS- What a wonderful resource and inspirational gang they are. Our favourite is A Girl Called Jack http://agirlcalledjack.com. Total legend Jack Monroe started out with her zeitgeisty austerity blog explaining how she fed herself and her son on £10 a week....
by louise-sims-bloom | Mar 24, 2015 | News
Meat Free Week is a global campaign to get us thinking about how much meat we consume. Reducing the amount of meat we eat can have a significant positive effect on our health, take pressure of the planet’s resources and help improve animal welfare. For more...
by louise-sims-bloom | Mar 10, 2015 | News
Latest information from FSA regarding allergens labeling for cookery schools: The new Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers brought EU rules on general and nutrition labelling together into a single regulation to simplify and consolidate...
by louise-sims-bloom | Feb 5, 2015 | ICSA, Members, News
The way Cookery Schools are required to label allergens legally changed two months ago. Are you making the necessary changes? ICSA has been looking into what this means for independent cookery schools. On 13 December 2014, new legislation (the EU Food Information for...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 28, 2015 | Members, News
ICSA urges its members to make a difference by sourcing dairy products from local dairies and encouraging their students to do the same. DAIRIES IN CRISIS. In less than ten years the number of UK dairy farms has dropped by two -thirds from 35,000 to 10,000. Dairy...
by louise-sims-bloom | Jan 20, 2015 | News
ICSA is delighted to have placed another nine fabulous members and their cookery courses in the national press. Featuring Ashburton Cookery School, Billingsgate Seafood Training School, The Bertinet Kitchen, Cordon Vert, Dudwell Cookery School, The School of Artisan...
by louise-sims-bloom | Nov 8, 2014 | Food Trends, News
The New Nordic Diet is everywhere once you know how to read the signs. Like following a nature trail of cellared vegetables, twigs and shells used as serving pieces, garden left overs such as turnip tails and nastutium pods are swept onto plates with steaming fish as...
by louise-sims-bloom | Nov 8, 2014 | News, Press
ICSA placed Nick Nairn’s Cook School 5 star Chef week as a reader offer in the Daily Telegraph November 18th. Ashburton School will be featured in a Christmas feature for S Magazine Tante Marie, The Dudwell School and Swinton Park are contributing to a seasonal recipe...
by louise-sims-bloom | Nov 8, 2014 | News
The development of apprenticeships standards and their assessment are being taken forward by groups of employers in what the Government has termed ‘trailblazers’, says People 1st Policy Digest. Across the Hospitality Sector three have been approved Senior...
by louise-sims-bloom | Nov 8, 2014 | News
New research into the effectiveness of Low Carb and Low Fat diets has been conducted by Lydia Brazzano of Tulane University in New Orleans. The study took 148 obese men and women and measured the results of these diet over a twelve month period. Half the controlled...
by louise-sims-bloom | Nov 8, 2014 | Members
The Ashburton School, The Bertinet Kitchen, Billingsgate Seafood School, Cordon Vert, The Cookery School at Daylesford, The Cooking School at Dean Clough, Dudwell Cookery School, Edinburgh School of Food and Wine, Leiths School of Food and Wine, Lucy Cook’s Cookery...
by louise-sims-bloom | Nov 8, 2014 | Food Trends, News
Chef’s Tables, barbeque food and small-plate menus are all predicted to be the new dining trends next year, according to Michelin Guide editor Rebecca Burr. The latest list highlights new stars ‘Barrafina’ and ‘Kitchen Table.’...
